Determination of cocaine in brazilian paper currency by capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

AUTOR(ES)

Donato, Enrico Di, Martin, Carmen Cinira Santos, Martinis, Bruno Spinosa De

FONTE

Química Nova

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The presence of illicit drugs such as cocaine and marijuana in US paper currency is very well demonstrated. However, there is no published study describing the presence of cocaine and/or other illicit drugs in Brazilian paper currency. In this study, Brazilian banknotes were collected from nine cities, extracted and analyzed by capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, in order to investigate the presence of cocaine. Bills were extracted with deionized water followed by ethyl acetate. Results showed that 93% of the bills presented cocaine in a concentration range of 2.38-275.10 µg/bill.

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